Strahan and Strahan (No. 3)

In *Strahan and Strahan (No. 3)*, Strickland J of the Family Court of Australia considered an application by the husband filed on 20 June 2008. The dispute concerned various aspects of family law proceedings, including the filing of responding documents, applications for funding, and the adjournment of hearings.

The court was required to determine the procedural steps necessary to advance the proceedings, including setting deadlines for the wife to file and serve responding documents and any applications related to funding. Additionally, the court needed to consider applications for funding from the Independent Children’s Lawyer and determine appropriate dates for the adjournment of the husband's application and the proceedings generally, particularly in relation to a single expert witness's report.

Strickland J made several orders to manage the progression of the case. These included specific deadlines for the wife to file and serve responding documents and any funding applications, and for the Independent Children’s Lawyer to file and serve any funding applications. The court also adjourned the husband's application and the general proceedings, with a particular focus on the issue of the single expert witness's report, to later dates. Leave was granted for the husband's senior counsel and another party, Ms E, to attend the adjourned hearings by telephone.